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Azrael

Despite the wisdom of defeat, I bore my heart for all to see the wonders I'd seen

About Me

I live and breathe music, and I dabble in things that would have made brainwashed people burn me at the stake during the Middle Ages, and maybe even in more recent times.
You can find me behind the DJ decks, or on stage
Some of the clubs/event I DJ-ed at include Club AntiChrist (London, UK), Death Guild (San Francisco, CA), Summer Darkness (Utrecht, NL), Club Underworld (Athens, GR), Subbacultcha (Rome, I), Club [Pi] (Vienna, AT), Vampire Party (Antwerp, BE), La Nuit De Sade (Florence, I), Zoe Club (Milan, I), and several others... and the list will keep on getting longer.
My bands:

...I was also briefly member of Unter Null in 2006,
and I toured with VNV Nation on their "Judgement" tour in 2007.

I endorse AGAINST CLOTHING

I have an Amazon wishilist here .
Also, if you have an XP8 mp3 or two hidden somewhere on your computer or iPod, just consider using this button here:

My Interests

Musick [see below]
Magick [Thelema, Typhonian Gnosis, Luciferian Witchcraft, Zos Kia Cultus, Nath Tantra, Gnostic Voodoo, Maat Magick, Discordianism and more...]

I'd like to meet:

I think I..ve already met most of the people I..ve wanted to meet.
But I like to be surprised, so one never knows... even if I must say I'm hardly suprised these days.

I DON'T want to meet anyone who adds just to put a "thanx for the add" comment: go make your self-promotion away from here, thank you.

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Music:



Long list, of which these are just a hint...

Aesthetic Perfection, AFI, Tori Amos, And One, A Perfect Circle, Apollo 440, Apoptygma Berzerk, Assemblage 23, Astral Projection, Bad Religion, The Birthday Massacre, Celtic Frost, Chemlab, Cocteau Twins, Combichrist, Coph Nia, The Cure Current 93, Cyberaktif, David Guetta, Dead Can Dance, Death In June, Deathstars, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Dredg, Dismantled, Editors, Einsturzende Neubauten, Elettrojoyce, Empirion, Faith No More, Fixmer/McCarthy, The Foreshadowing, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Future Sound Of London, Grendel, IAMX, Icon Of Coil, Ildfrost, Imperative Reaction, Interpol, Paul Kalkbrenner, Katatonia, Klimt 1918, Kloq, Lab 4, Ladytron, Chris Liebing, Lycia, Lustmord, Mindless Faith, Necessary Response, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Nitzer Ebb, Northborne, Novembre, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Paradise Lost, Pet Shop Boys, Praga Khan, The Prodigy, Raison D'Etre, Rapture, Reaper, Roger Rotor, Rotersand, Royksopp, Scandy, Scooter, Seigmen, She Wants Revenge, Sigur Ros, Skinny Puppy, Sol Invictus, Soman, Straftanz, Swans, Swayzak, System Syn, Throbbing Gristle, Tiamat, Tiësto, Tool, Trentemøller, Ulver, Marco V, Winterkalte , XP8....

And yes, I added the bands I play in, because I love the way they sound..

Movies:

Another list that could run endlessly... lets try:

+Fight Club
+Pi
+Eraserhead
+Videodrome
+The Angelic Conversations
+La Casa Dalle Finestre Che Ridono
+The Holy Mountain
+El Topo
+Santa Sangre
+V For Vendetta
+The Matrix Trilogy
+Reservoir Dogs
+The Addiction
+Boogie Nights
+Darkness
+Dagon
+Mulholland Drive
+Lost Highways
+Fire Walk With Me
+Ecce Bombo
+Sogni D'Oro
+Bianca
+Secretary
+Memento
+Snatch
+Fight Club
+Funny Games
+Hardware
+Tetsuo The Iron Man
+Zoolander
+The Goonies
+The Lost Boys
+Near Dark
+Il Sorpasso
...

Television:

I use TV only to play the XBOX or watching DVDs... so go figure.

Recently tho, I got an insane addiction to everythng C.S.I., and I can't deny that I loved past series like Twin Peaks, X-Files or Millennium.

Books:

Authors are better than books... these are my favourites:

+Aleister Crowley
+Austin Osman Spare
+Brion Gysin
+Genesis P-Orridge
+Grant Morrison
+Micheal Bertiaux
+Alan Moore
+Peter J. Carroll
+H.P.Lovecraft
+Robert Anton Wilson
+Kenneth Grant
+William Blake
+Alejandro Jodorowsky
+J.L.Borges
+Samuel Taylor Coleridge
+Alessandro Baricco
+Bret Easton Ellis
and many more...

Heroes:

Heroes are for those who need to follow. I prefer to lead...

These people taught me how to lead:

My Blog

this saturday: DJ Set @ ELECTROWORLD PARTY (Varese, Italy)

Sabato 14 giugno 2008ELECTROWORLD PARTY@ Spazio Nessun Dorma - VareseDjs:Gnosis (ElectroWorld) www.myspace.com/gnosis11Luca EW (ElectroWorld) www.myspace.com/electroworldVolt (ElectroWorld)Special Gue...
Posted by Azrael on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:40:00 PST

I have the BEST FRIENDS ever!!!

The few who really know me, know also that I don't like to celebrate my own birthday.This year tho, I let my closest friends convince me to do so... and I did the right thing.Not only they organised t...
Posted by Azrael on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:43:00 PST

this wednesday: DJ Set @ RITUAL THE CLUB (Rome, Italy)

RITUALThe Next Vision of Clubbing Lickin' The Risk PartyAN EXTREME CLUBBING EXPERIENCEHARD DANCE FLOOR Dj Ritual Dj Maruko Dj Azrael STAGE PERFORMANCEFAQ VS RUBBERDOLL SLEAZY NOIR DANCE FLOORDj Ultrav...
Posted by Azrael on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:15:00 PST

this friday: DJ Set @ LA NUIT DE SADE (Florence, Italy)


Posted by Azrael on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:19:00 PST

XP8: this is just OUTSTANDING

We thought we conquered already the Dutch Alternative Chart two weeks ago, when The Art Of Revenge reached the first place in the Album Charts.We were wrong.Since yesterday we reached the first place ...
Posted by Azrael on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:45:00 PST

Gary Gygax... rest NOT in peace, but on the back of a Dragon

You put the founding stones of myriad of worlds we inhabited.You gave us mundane weapons we enchanted and made magical with our own Imagination.Now, all the Dragons, the Goblins and the Gods are mourn...
Posted by Azrael on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:45:00 PST

Featured playlist on the DAC portal

My current top 5 has just been published on the Deutsche Alternative Charts Portal:Meanwhile, our album went up one position, from 17 to 16.Still 6 weeks to go, let's see if we can make it to the top ...
Posted by Azrael on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:54:00 PST

XP8: we conquered the DUC today!!!

We conquered the Dutch Alternative Charts!!!The Art Of Revenge reaches the very top after just 2 weeks in the chart:Download Me is still climbing in the Singles Charts, having gained another position,...
Posted by Azrael on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:11:00 PST

Me vs EGC, singing DEATHKEY... the live video!!!

EVERYTHING GOES COLD "DEATHKEY"feat. Marco ViscontiLive @ 924 Gilman St. (Berkeley, CA)01.26.08 special thanx to Noisescape TV...
Posted by Azrael on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST

DJ SET: January 28th, Death Guild, San Francisco CA

Whoa... first time ever for me behind the decks in the States!I'll be spinning next Monday at the famous DEATH GUILD club in San Francisco, California!Infos and flyer...DEATH GUILD520 4th St, San Fran...
Posted by Azrael on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:55:00 PST